Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of this blog (5 July 2023), I am reposting ten of my previous blog posts featuring various aspects of the science-fiction TV and movie series created by Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek.

That is the location of the silence-loving doctor’s residence in Sturges v. Bridgman, an oft-cited 19th Century nuisance law case involving noise and vibrations emanating from a confectioner’s kitchen. I wrote about this classic case in my latest paper “Coase’s … Continue reading →

I revised my draft of “Die Adam Smith Probleme” during my train ride from Edinburgh to London, and I have just posted my revised work on SSRN (see here). Among other things, I added two new and related open problems … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Pencil sketch map, hat tip: u/orialairo Light pollution map, hat tip: u/InkyScrolls Venn diagram map by Anna Debenham

The South America and Scotland legs of my travels are now complete. Next, I will travel by rail to London. Among other places, I am planning to visit 85 Wigmore Street in London’s West End as well as Horace Walpole’s … Continue reading →

In 1917, the artist Marcel Duchamp pulled off what has to be the greatest prank in art history when the Society of Independent Artists, a group of North American avant garde artists based in New York City (see here), announced … Continue reading →